Deuteronomy 21:6

וְכֹל זִקְנֵי הָעִיר הַהִוא הַקְּרֹבִים אֶל ־ הֶחָלָל יִרְחֲצוּ אֶת ־ יְדֵיהֶם עַל ־ הָעֶגְלָה הָעֲרוּפָה בַנָּֽחַל ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:

In Context

5וְנִגְּשׁוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי לֵוִי כִּי בָם בָּחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְשָׁרְתוֹ וּלְבָרֵךְ בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה וְעַל ־ פִּיהֶם יִהְיֶה כָּל ־ רִיב וְכָל ־ נָֽגַע ׃

7וְעָנוּ וְאָמְרוּ יָדֵינוּ לֹא שפכה אֶת ־ הַדָּם הַזֶּה וְעֵינֵינוּ לֹא רָאֽוּ ׃

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Cross References

Job 9:30אִם ־ הִתְרָחַצְתִּי במו ־ שָׁלֶג וַהֲזִכּוֹתִי בְּבֹר כַּפָּֽי ׃

Psalms 26:6אֶרְחַץ בְּנִקָּיוֹן כַּפָּי וַאֲסֹבְבָה אֶת ־ מִזְבַּחֲךָ יְהוָֽה ׃

Psalms 51:7הֵן ־ בְּעָווֹן חוֹלָלְתִּי וּבְחֵטְא יֶֽחֱמַתְנִי אִמִּֽי ׃

Psalms 73:13אַךְ ־ רִיק זִכִּיתִי לְבָבִי וָאֶרְחַץ בְּנִקָּיוֹן כַּפָּֽי ׃

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 21:2-10

Undetected Murder. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: 3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 4 And the elders of… Read the whole commentary →

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